St. Paul daily globe., 1887-06-29
The Alleged Leader of the Broadway
Surface Road Steal Is Now
& Seriously Ill,
Aud the Physicians Say That at the
Longest He Cannot Live Over
a Fortnight.
A Pennsylvania Parson Held to the
Grand Jury for Conniving At
An Abortion.
The Illinois Supreme Court Decides in
S Favor of the Condemned Chi
;ago Anarchists.

;ag0 Anarchists.
= New YORK, June 2S.-Thirty-two
days of trial such as Jake Sharp has un-
SdergOne, i'm the very heat of summer and
at his time of life, is an ordeal that can
not be safely passed. Yet has this old
man, with all his manifold physical all
ments, borne up .bravely under it. He
was no spryer than usual when he came
into court, nor did he appear any weaker
than usual. He SAID to reporter that
the effect of DR.. LOOmis' prescription of
yesterday was to make his sleep better
than he had at any time since his COM
mitment to the Jail. Mr.. Slayton, of
testify with reference to the general
surface railroad bill of 1883. John M.
Serfbner was the next witness. AS
soon as he took the chair Judge Barrett
warned Mr.. Parsons against repetitions.
His honor said his object was
to- save valuable time, and that
he had no intention to ham
per the defense in any way.
Mr.. Parsons read, the report of the su-
preme court commission that recon-
nlended the Broadway railroad, which
held that the annual rent of $4,000 and
the percentage was very liberal ar
city road only twelve and One-half miles
long. Mr.. Scribner was then asked if
he had heard the name of Billy MolO-
ney mentioned in this case as a visitor
atshis office. The witness replied that
ihe first saw Moloney with Brother
Chittenden. Your office is said to have
been the headquarters of what the
prosecution calls conspiracy. Is that
true?' ''IknOw of no conspiracy nor of
any attempt to bribe the aldermen and
Others The witness finished and was
n0tacrOsS-examined. Francis j. TwOmey,
clerk of the board of aldermen, was next
called. He testified to his inability to
find any applications for Broadway
franchise other than that of the, cable
and Broadway roads. He was
NOT. CR0SS-EXAMINED.
Abraham W. Earle followed.. He said
Railroad company. -, S'7-
.ssAre you aware that an offer of $780,
900 was made to the aldermen at meet
ing in McLaughlin'S house by your conn
.pany-One-half cash and One-haf bonds
ger the, right to run ears,-oil sRfeafl-
Tay?'.
Il have heard some ru1nors to that
effect, but no such offer was made or
any suggestion of such an 0ffer.''
/ Mr.. NicOl crOSS-eXamined the wit
ness and brought out the fact that Pres
ident Andrews, of the company, did
make Mayor Edison an offer of 81, COZ, 900
for the Broadway franchise, to be paid
into the city; treasury. Having read Mr..
Sharp'S testimony as a whole before the
senate Investigating committee, W. N.
Niles took the stand. He concluded the
examination of Fullgraff before that
committee.
DO you remember a statement made
by Fullgraff after his examinations
Fhe witness in reply described the
dramatic scene when Fullgraff called on
God to strike him dead if he had ever
accepted dollar for his vote. Quite
unexpectedly at this point Mr.. Parsons
said that the defense had three
more more witnesses to examine.
Bliss and John McMahon and Julius
Heittman, two members of the Schnover
club. After we have examined these
witnesses the defense will have con-
Guided its case" Mr.. Bliss then took
the stand. He related how he had been
sat upon by the investigating committee
when he attempted to demand fair play
for Sharp. Il demanded of the COM
mittee" said Mr.. Bliss, ION behalf of
Mr.. Sharp, his right to explain certain
of his answers, which by reason of being
incomplete are misleading. The COM
niittee was consulted and then Mr..
Seward told me that the committee had
decided to permit no explanation then,
but at the close of his examination he
would be given an opportunity. Finally
the committee adjourned to Albany and
never gave Mr.. Sharp the opportunity
for the explanation that l had been
promised. At the conclusion of the
testimony of Mr.. Bliss, Mr.. Parsons an
nounced that the defense rested their
case. Judge Barrett then adjourned
court until tomorrow, when summing
up will begin with no restriction of time
to either side.
1t is believed that Jake Sharp is dying.
His physicians and lawyers say
HIS CONDITION Is VERY CRITICAL.
His defense ended in a fiasco at2 o'clock
this afternoon. Every one was sur
.priSed at the sudden turn in affairs. At.
the beginning of the trial it was Sharpes
expressed determination to take the
stand in his own defense. He explained
to his counsel how he would answer and
explain all the seeming deficiencies in
his examination before the senate COM
Inittee. He went SO far as to avow that
he would rather be convicted than per-
init the statements of witnesses for the
prosecution to go uncontradicted by
him. Everything was arranged that
Sharp should testify. From the begin
niRg of the trial until the night Judge
barrett ordered his cOmmittal to Llid-
lew street Jail. Sharp spent several
hours every day after the adjournment
of court in perfecting the statement
which he would make to the jury From
the time that he was confined in Jail he
has failed, and yesterday afternoon
when his counsel, Messrs. Stickney,
Parsons 4 Mitchell, told him to prepare
to take the stand they
FOUND TO THEIR HORROR
that Sharp was a physical wreck, and
condition to be witness. His memory
was poor, and though fully realizing his
situation, he acknowledged that he was
too weak to stand the strain of croSS-ex-
animation. Prof. LoOmis, Sharp's doc
tor, visited him in the court room soon
after. He found that Sharp was in
critical condition, and counsel came to
the conclusiOnsthat to put him on the
stard to be subjected to rigid cross
examination of several hours duration
would end in his death. Lawyer Mitch
ell said this evening that that was the
oil. reason for not putting the defend
csR IN the staiid. The reporter subse-
aiiently learned that it is tile opinion
cfSharp's- physicians that he can't live
longer than ten days Gr two weeks. The
slightest excitement will cause his death,
owing to the condition of his heart.
In the next few days his business affairs
will be wound up with: 4 view to the
end. a scheme is under consideration
hy those Interested in Sliarp's case
which. if carried out successfully. will
takcstllc ease out OF the jurisdiction of
the Jury tomorrow, before tile lawyers
hiye.a chance to display their powers of